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Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse(B) one of the most sure, easy, and least expensive ways to begin a halt or even reverse(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversing(D) a most sure, easy, and inexpensive way beginning the halting and even reversing of(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversing

D - incorrect - We need definite article the instead of a------Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse(B) one of the most sure, easy, and least expensive ways to begin a halt or even reverse(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversing(D) a most sure, easy, and inexpensive way beginning the halting and even reversing of(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversing _________________

Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse(B) one of the most sure, easy, and least expensive ways to begin a halt or even reverse(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversing(D) a most sure, easy, and inexpensive way beginning the halting and even reversing of(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversing

A IMO.

Parallel: surest, easiest, and least expensive.Parallel: begin to X or even to Y

Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverseCorrect - Sounds weird to the ear but is the best choice with surest, easiest and least expensive in parallel... along with halt & reverse in same sync with believe.

(B) one of the most sure, easy, and least expensive ways to begin a halt or even reversemost sure... is not in parallel with easy... - Incorrect...

(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversinghalting and reversing are not parallel with believe which is the main verb... (planting is used as a gerund and existing as an adjective.. Dont consider them as parallel to halting and reversing) - Incorrect

(D) a most sure, easy, and inexpensive way beginning the halting and even reversing ofway is wrong... it should be ways as we have 2 of them in collection ( widespread planting 'along' with conservation of existing) - Incorrect

(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversingway is wrong... it should be ways as we have 2 of them in collection ( widespread planting 'along' with conservation of existing) - Incorrect_________________

Many environmentalists believe that the widespread planting of trees, along with the conservation of existing forests, would be one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse the buildup of carbon dioxide in the air

(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse(B) one of the most sure, easy, and least expensive ways to begin a halt or even reverse(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversing(D) a most sure, easy, and inexpensive way beginning the halting and even reversing of(E) the most sure, easiest, and inexpensive way that would begin halting or even reversing

There must be several "ways" of halting and even reversing the buildup of carbon dioxide. Among them, planting trees is just "one of the... ways".If you say "way", then "one of the" doesn't make any sense.

(A) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin to halt or even to reverse

(C) one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways that would begin halting or even reversing

I believe A and C are the contenders. The construction "to begin to halt" is not very pleasing however, option C seems to be implying that "planting trees is one of the ways that would begin halting or even reversing..." which is not the intended meaning.

I believe had "one of the surest, easiest, and least expensive ways to begin halting or reversing...." been an option, I would pick it...

Apart from the reasoning provided, Options D and E changes the meaning. Least Expensive is different from Inexpensive. This change of "Extent" is not admissable, if Grammer is not compromised in other options. Correct me, if I am mistaken at this concept. Thanks _________________

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I have a doubt..how can we have "one" of the surest,easiest and least expensive ways. There will be only 1 Surest , 1 Easiest and 1 least expensive,as this is superlative for,and we cannot have one of the surest,easiest... "A" would mean we have many surest,easiest... ways.. and ONE OF THEM is best according to environmentalist. Pls explain.